Texas Labor Against the War

EYEWITNESS TO THE EGYPTIAN REVOLUTION: 
ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE

Wednesday, April 27, 7:00 PM
UT campus, UTC 1.144

In Egypt, millions took to the streets to topple an oppressive regime and reclaimed rights withheld by a US supported autocrat.  Similar uprisings in Tunisia, Bahrain, Algeria, Syria and Libya have demonstrated the demand for equity, freedom, and democracy remains vital in the Middle East.

Join AHMED SHAWKI, author, journalist, and editor of the International Socialist Review, to hear a firsthand account of the Egyptian revolution and a discussion about the exciting new political period being ushered in around the world.

Sponsored by the International Socialist Organization and Palestine Solidarity Committee.

RSVP on Facebook:
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Ahmed Shawki & Mostafa Omar’s dispatches from the Egyptian revolution:
http://isreview.org/issues/76/ feat-egyptchronicle.shtml

The CAMEOs of UT and Texas State are proud to present:

Iraq Veterans Against the War speak out
Monday, Nov. 10, 7:00 PM
UT Campus, ART 1.110 (http://www.utexas. edu/maps/ main/buildings/ art.html)

Hear first-hand accounts from servicemen whose time in Iraq turned them against the war. Speakers: Michael Nordstrom, a Marine who served two tours in Iraq. Mike has been recalled by the Marine Corps.”In the enlistment oath I swore to defend and protect the Constitution from all enemies foreign and domestic. I’ve been to Iraq twice and I promise you we don’t need to protect the Constitution from them.“ Hart Viges, former U.S. Army airborne infantryman. Hart fought in Fallujah and left the Army as a conscientious objector. “From my time in Iraq I can personally attest to what can happen when a group of highly motivated people work together. We started a violent revolution and overthrew a government. Now we must start a peaceful revolution and change our government.” Greg Foster, Army veteran, antiwar activist and student at Texas State:”Over the last few years I have realized that the most patriotic thing I can do, as a Veteran, is talk to Americans about why the war in Iraq was wrong from the beginning and what we can do to end it.“ Ronn Cantu, SSG, 1st Cavalry, active duty at Ft. Hood:”After two tours in Iraq, the only thing we were ‘fighting’ for was to live for one more day until we came home and it’s been the families of the dead, both American and Iraqi, who have suffered as a result of this nightmare political stunt.“

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The Art building is on San Jacinto, in between 26th and 23rd St. There are parking spaces all along San Jacinto; on a Monday night, many of them should be open.

We are also looking for someone to video this event (for future YouTube posting). If you can help us with this, please email me (kelly b) at birdonawire03@ hotmail.com. thanks!

(CAMEO = Campus Antiwar Movement to End Occupations)

Jeremy Scahill in Austin!

Sunday, November 2nd, 6:30 p.m.

Location: UT Campus, FAC 21

(map to FAC: http://www.utexas.edu/maps/main/buildings/fac.html)

The U.S. occupation of Iraq won’t end with the election. Even when regular troop withdrawal begins, America’s highly paid mercenaries will remain– killing civilians, accountable to no one, and lining their pockets with our tax dollars. Find out why corporations like Blackwater Worldwide couldn’t be happier that we didn’t heed Eisenhower’s warning about expanding the U.S. military-industrial complex.

Jeremy Scahill is a Democracy Now! correspondent, writing fellow for The Nation Institute, award-winning investigative journalist and best-selling author of the ground-breaking exposé Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army.

Scahill is one of the world’s leading experts on privatized warfare. He will explain the dangers of outsourcing military and intelligence functions. Scahill also provides historical and political context for this disturbing trend: what it means to our democracy, the way it undermines our troops, and how it affects citizens in this country and around the world.

Sponsored by CAMEO, with special thanks to Nation Books, Monkeywrench Books and the Travis County Green Party.

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Check out this interview with Jeremy as he speaks about Blackwater mercenaries in post-Katrina New Orleans: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnVbulr2Pvw

DAHR JAMAIL, AUTHOR OF BEYOND THE GREEN ZONE

Thursday, April 3, 7:00 PM
UT campus, Geology 2.324
Map to Geology building: http://www.utexas.edu/maps/main/buildings/jgb.html

In late 2003, weary of the overall failure of the US media to accurately report on the realities of the war in Iraq for the Iraqi people and US soldiers, Dahr Jamail went to Iraq to report on the war himself.  He spent a eight months in occupied Iraq as one of only a few independent US journalists in the country.  In the Middle East, Jamail has also has reported from Syria, Lebanon and Jordan.  His dispatches were quickly recognized as an important media resource.  Jamail is now writing for the Inter Press Service, The Asia Times and many other outlets.  His reports have also been published with The Nation, The Sunday Herald, Islam Online, the Guardian, Foreign Policy in Focus, and the Independent to name just a few.

ALSO APPEARRING: Brian Henretta, veteran of the Iraq War
Co-sponsored by the UT Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the UT School of Journalism, International Socialist Organization, MEChA, Campus Antiwar Movement to End the Occupation, Palestine Solidarity Committee, Iranians for Peace and Justice, and Campus Progress.  More info: 512-471-1947 or [email protected]

http://www.beyondthegreenzone.org
http://www.dahrjamailiraq.com